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GROUPS

• Arabs
• Kurds

ARABS

Population
Out of a population of 34,796,000 75-80% are Arabs

WHERE THEIR FOUND

• Western Asia
• North Africa
• Parts of the Horn of Africa

RELIGION

INFORMATION ON THE ISLAMIC RELIGION

• Began in Arabia
• They belive in one God
• Their God is Allah
• Symbol is cresent moon with a star

TRADITIONAL FOODS

• Mazza
• Many different kinds of grains
• Sheep, cow, or goat's milk

LANGUAGES

• Hebrew
• Aramaic
• It is written from right to left

EDUCATION

• Important
• It isn't a good education
• They are trying to make it better

FAMOUS PEOPLE

• Saladin (leader)
• Steve Jobs distant arab

ARAB HOLIDAYS AND TRADITIONS

• Laylat al-qadr
• Ramdan
• Noruz

NEWS ARTICLES

Iraqi forces have killed 73 ISIS elements. There were 3 security elements killed and 13 others were injured. The joint forces regained control over the Ajil oil fields.

Little kids in preschool got a bunch of picture books (which were free). They were all in Arabic. There teachers didn't know the literature of this quality before this. The parent were encouraged to read and discuss the books with their children.

A CIA veteran said that the next ISIS attack could be like 9/11. The CIA veteran said that if we don't get ISIS under control we could see an attack like that. I hate that there is even a chance for a n attack like 9/11.

WARS

• Six-Day war (June 1967)
• fought between Isreal and Arab neightbors
• Isreali War of Independence (1948-1949)
• Isreal was invaded by 6 Arab nations upon independance

CONFLICTS

• Palestine (1948)
• Arab-Israeli conflict

MIGRATION

• Arabs to America
• Arabs to Mexico

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KURDS

POPULATION

RELIGION

LANGUAGE

FOODS

• Bulghur
• Rice
• Fruits and Vegetables
• Wafer bread
• Tea

EDUCATION

• Schools aren't widely avalible
• Classes aren't taught in Kurdish
• Most children drop out
• They believe they are needed more at home

FAMOUS KURDS

• Abdulla goran-poet
• Ata Nahai-poet
• Adnan Karim- musician

HOLIDAYS/TRADITIONS

• Most famous holiday is
• Nawruz, or persian new year
• Also celebrate nomad holidays

History
The Kurds never had a country on their own. They divided into countries Iraq, Iran, turkey, and Syria. They struggled to build an independent nation. In turkey their is a terrorist group called the PKK, but the Kurds oppose them.

WARS/ CONFLICTS

Migration
Millions of Kurds have been on the move, from one part of Kurdistan to the other, from Kurdistan to other parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria,Turkey, from the middle east to Western Europe, North America, Australia and other parts of the globe

NEWS ARTICLES

Several people were reportedly hurt in northwestern city of Iran after hundreds of ethnic Kurdish protestors clashed with police following the suspicious death of a local woman

Thousands of Kurds have taken to the streets of Iran's Mahabad and clashed with security forces after the death who committed suicide to avoid rape by intelligence officer.

Kurdish leader widens their front line of their army against Isis, but they don't stop their the take extra precautions to prevent attacks.

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